Cracking Down on Foreign Interference

Cracking Down on Foreign Interference

Posted by Andrew Hastie7sc on January 30, 2018

Many people in Canning have expressed concerns about foreign interference and ownership in Australia. As the Chair of Parliament’s Joint Intelligence and Security Committee, I will be leading the push for new legislation to tackle foreign interference and espionage.

Foreign intelligence services are targeting Australia at an unprecedented scale. Their activity is directed against our political systems, commercial interests, critical infrastructure and migrant communities.

There are currently no criminal offences targeting this type of interference, and our existing espionage offences are difficult to prosecute.

We are going to reshape the way our national security agencies investigate and disrupt foreign influence.